sometimes a tree

By Nandita Bose

sometimes a tree needs the creeper more
needs its soft embrace on hardened bark
and that wild exuberance of purple blossom showers

it may be momentary
sometimes a tree needs its birds more
for song and dreams of feathers and flights
and that incredible lightness of being

sometimes 
a tree needs its traveller more
offers shade and fruit
in exchange for an afternoon's quiet nap
together

as close to a dance a tree 
could ever get

Comments : I was hooked at the first phrase itself - 'sometimes a tree needs the creeper more', and drawn further and further into the world of the tree by each succeeding image. and I loved the ending, 'as close to a dance a tree could ever get', delicious.   - Zen